close; intimate; on good terms
at a young age; while still young
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to be conspicuous; to stand out
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
many; numerous; various; large number of
together; at the same time; same; identical
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to collect; to assemble; to gather
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
beginning; outset; first; onset
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
last night; yesterday evening
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
sleepover; overnight stay